22 Facts About Yaroslav Amosov

Yaroslav Amosov was born on 9 September 1993 and is a Ukrainian mixed martial artist.

Yaroslav Amosov currently competes in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA, where he is the current Bellator Welterweight Champion.

Yaroslav Amosov is a four-time world sambo champion, a two-time European and Eurasia champion, and European Cup winner.

Yaroslav Amosov began to actively engage in combat sambo at the age of fifteen at the initiative of his stepfather, trained at the Kyiv club "Hermes" under the guidance of coaches Fedor Mykolayovych Seredyuk and Vadym Mykhailovych Korytny.

Yaroslav Amosov achieved his first serious success at the adult international level in 2012, when he won the European Combat Sambo Cup.

Yaroslav Amosov repeatedly won championships and Cups of Ukraine in combat sambo.

In September 2012, though early into his Combat Sambo career, Yaroslav Amosov came finished in third place against Ikram Aliskerov in European Combat Sambo Federation sanctioned competition that was being hosted in Moldova.

In June 2016, after winning sixteen fights in a row in Tech-Krep FC, Yaroslav Amosov beat Croatian fighter Roberto Soldic to win the vacant Tech-Krep welterweight title.

In 2017, Yaroslav Amosov made two successful defences of the Tech-Krep FC welterweight title against Diogo Cavalcanti and Nathan Oliveira.

Yaroslav Amosov won both fights via submission in the first round.

Yaroslav Amosov made his Bellator debut against Gerald Harris on 13 July 2018 at Bellator 202.

Yaroslav Amosov then faced Erick Silva on 16 February 2019 at Bellator 216.

Yaroslav Amosov then faced David Rickels on 24 August 2019 at Bellator 225 in a catchweight bout.

Yaroslav Amosov defeated Rickels via brabo choke in the second round.

Yaroslav Amosov then faced three-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Champion from Penn State Ed Ruth on 21 February 2020 at Bellator 239.

Yaroslav Amosov faced Mark Lemminger on 21 August 2020 at Bellator 244.

Yaroslav Amosov won the fight via TKO between rounds 1 and 2 due to a cut rendering Lemminger unable to continue.

Yaroslav Amosov faced four-time NCAA Division I All-American from Minnesota Logan Storley on November 12,2020 at Bellator 252.

Yaroslav Amosov fought for the Bellator Welterweight World Championship against current champ Douglas Lima at Bellator 260 on June 11,2021.

Yaroslav Amosov won the fight by unanimous decision by outwrestling Lima throughout all 5 rounds.

Yaroslav Amosov was scheduled to make his first title defense against Michael Page on May 13,2022 at Bellator 281.

However, Yaroslav Amosov was forced to pull out of the bout due to his participation in the war in Ukraine on the side of Ukraine, leaving Page to compete against Logan Storley for the interim title.